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Arsehole parking or AIBU?

21 replies

Kaibashira · 30/09/2023 20:13

I should first disclose that I cannot drive. However this is due to poor vision & peripheral vision, rather than a desire to cadge free lifts off everyone else for a lifetime.

I live in a converted block of flats. There is off-street parking out front. The number of spaces is fewer than the number of flats, but generally its not a problem as not everyone has a car. We operate a first come, first park system, with an assumption of fairness. As in, one car per flat, if you need a skip you move your car for it, and generally don't be an arse.

Today a giant motor home has appeared. It's so big that it blocks the entire pavement. So I (or anyone else) would have to step into the (busy just off the South Circular) road to pass.

I've only recently graduated from pushchair life and this sort of parking gives me the fucking rage. But I dont drive or - by extension - park.

So AIBU for thinking anyone who parks like this - let's give them 10 minutes grace - is an arsehole who doesn't care about anyone else, let alone people with pushchairs, wheelchairs, mobility problems, sight problems, etc. Or is this just how it goes when you're parking a motor home?

I assume the owners are either visiting a flat or are the current crop of bloody AirBnBers.

And if I am not being unreasonable, what should I do? Email all flats? Note on monstrosity vehicle? Cat shit up the exhaust? All ideas welcome.

Arsehole parking or AIBU?
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AlwaysFoldingWashing · 30/09/2023 20:20

YANBU and this is ignorant for all the reasons you have listed. Cat shit would be my preferred course of action. Good luck

SisterMichaelsHabit · 30/09/2023 20:25

I don't think the photo is clear enough about whether he's parked on pavement or whether that's all drive because there are no markings in the photo to indicate where the parking bays actually are, i.e. where he should be parking. Can you do a diagram perhaps or a photo from a better angle?

ApocalypseNowt · 30/09/2023 20:28

Photo looks fine to me. It's taken from the pov of someone walking on the pavement, isn't it?

So if you wanted to keep walking on said pavement you'd either smack your face into the motorhome or jump into the road!

SaltedCaramelIcedLatte · 30/09/2023 20:31

SisterMichaelsHabit · 30/09/2023 20:25

I don't think the photo is clear enough about whether he's parked on pavement or whether that's all drive because there are no markings in the photo to indicate where the parking bays actually are, i.e. where he should be parking. Can you do a diagram perhaps or a photo from a better angle?

The photo clearly shows parking on the pavement! You can even see the shadow of the person taking the photo, on the pavement!

Autumnbear · 30/09/2023 20:34

What a knob head. Letter stuck to the windscreen with Vaseline.

SapphireOpal · 30/09/2023 20:35

SisterMichaelsHabit · 30/09/2023 20:25

I don't think the photo is clear enough about whether he's parked on pavement or whether that's all drive because there are no markings in the photo to indicate where the parking bays actually are, i.e. where he should be parking. Can you do a diagram perhaps or a photo from a better angle?

Oh come on, it's very obvious from the photo what the problem is.

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Kaibashira · 30/09/2023 20:36

Here you go. Green line marks where the shared drive it.
It's really obvious as pavement is concrete/asphalt and parking spaces are gravelled (with a generous smattering of weeds) .
And yes that's me standing enraged on the pavement.

Arsehole parking or AIBU?
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cuddlebear · 30/09/2023 20:36

Potato up the exhaust.

Selfish bastards.

BrontëParsonage · 30/09/2023 20:39

SisterMichaelsHabit · 30/09/2023 20:25

I don't think the photo is clear enough about whether he's parked on pavement or whether that's all drive because there are no markings in the photo to indicate where the parking bays actually are, i.e. where he should be parking. Can you do a diagram perhaps or a photo from a better angle?

It’s clearly over the pavement?

anicecuppateaa · 30/09/2023 20:43

This sort of thing drives me nuts. So many inconsiderate arseholes blocking the pavement. I haven’t graduated pushchair life, and am usually out with 3 under 4s and parking like this makes me so cross.

Definitely a note vaselined to the windscreen, maybe windows too, to be sure they don’t miss it…

Wheredideveryonego · 30/09/2023 20:46

See if you can report on your local councils website - mine would have someone out on a moped to put a ticket on that in no time!

BrontëParsonage · 30/09/2023 20:55

anicecuppateaa · 30/09/2023 20:43

This sort of thing drives me nuts. So many inconsiderate arseholes blocking the pavement. I haven’t graduated pushchair life, and am usually out with 3 under 4s and parking like this makes me so cross.

Definitely a note vaselined to the windscreen, maybe windows too, to be sure they don’t miss it…

I hear you. I am the parent of a teenager who is blind. I cannot tell you how many daily humiliations she suffers because: cars parked on pavements; A-boards; illegal street furniture (we live in a market town famed for its cafes and they have all appropriated the public realm with their non-council approved tables and chairs; dogs on long leads on our narrow pavements; people who quite literally jump over her long cane to gain a two-second walking advantage. I reserve my most ire for the selfish dicks who value lumps of metal over actual human beings and never consider the folks who actually use Shank’s Pony to get about.

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Kaibashira · 30/09/2023 21:00

Brönte that is utterly shit for your daughter. People are so thoughtless.

Going to check if it's still there once DH returns from run. Might fence it in with some bins.

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InTheRainOnATrain · 30/09/2023 21:01

There should be an option on your borough’s website to report a highway obstruction, nuisance vehicle, parking problem, parking violation etc etc - do all of these that even vaguely apply.

LakeTiticaca · 30/09/2023 21:14

That's illegal. Report to the police. It needs towing

Redglitter · 30/09/2023 21:23

SisterMichaelsHabit · 30/09/2023 20:25

I don't think the photo is clear enough about whether he's parked on pavement or whether that's all drive because there are no markings in the photo to indicate where the parking bays actually are, i.e. where he should be parking. Can you do a diagram perhaps or a photo from a better angle?

Are you kidding. Its perfectly clear its blocking the whole pavement. It doesn't need a diagram 🙄

BusyBees1234 · 30/09/2023 21:24

Contact the local parking enforcement team

DdraigGoch · 30/09/2023 21:55

Check your council's website, they should send a traffic warden along to that.

OtterlyMad · 01/10/2023 07:59

YANBU. This enrages me as well, just as a standard pedestrian without disabilities or young children in tow! I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be for someone in a wheelchair or pushing a pram. Report them to the council ASAP. And if you are feeling particularly petty, stick a note to the windscreen using petroleum jelly (it’s a pain in the arse to get off but doesn’t cause damage).

Theunamedcat · 01/10/2023 08:07

You dont put cat shit up the exhaust you put it on the windscreen specifically by the wipers then dirty there window a bit so they "wash" there window before they move off (important step)

I am of course joking because that's incredibly dangerous to do but it's nice to fantasise

GrandHighPoohbah · 01/10/2023 08:14

My council is pretty responsive to reports of pavement obstruction. Hopefully it'll be there long enough for them to come and ticket it. We have a similar problem where I live with people trying to cram two cars onto their single car driveways. (hence my having reported them loads!)

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